St. Francis Barracks

Originally constructed in the early to mid-1700s, this building was used as a military barracks first for Confederate troops, and then for Union troops after the Federal occupation of St. Augustine in 1862. Now the headquarters of the Florida National ...

Segui-Kirby Smith House

Constructed in the late 1700s by Bernardo Segui, this was the childhood home of Edmund Kirby Smith, a West Point graduate and the last Confederate general to surrender his command, who was born here in May 1824.

In early 1863, ...

Llambias House

Constructed in c.1763, this house was the residence of the Llambias family, whose three sons served in the St. Augustine Blues, 3rd Florida Infantry and whose father was briefly imprisoned in Fort Marion for refusing to take a loyalty oath ...

Bronson-Mulholland House

The Bronson-Mulholland House was constructed in 1854 by United States District Judge Isaac Bronson. After his death in 1855, his widow Sophronia Bronson remained at the house until the outbreak of the Civil War when she returned to her former ...

First Presbyterian Church - Fernandina Beach

Constructed in 1859, this church was used as a military barracks for Union troops during the Federal occupation of Fernandina and later as a primary school operated by the Freedmen's Bureau for teaching freed slaves. It is reported that Union ...

Bosque Bello Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of both Confederate and Union Civil War veterans, including Confederate navy Lieutenant Edward J.K. Johnston, who died of illness while in a Union prisoner of war (POW) camp at Fort Warren, Massachusetts in 1863.

Due to ...

Fernandina Beach

By the time of the Civil War, Fernandina (the word Beach was added to the city's name in 1947) on Amelia Island was Florida's principal east coast port with a deep-water harbor and the eastern terminus of the Florida Railroad ...

Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park

Located near the mouth of the St. Johns River, this site was an important military position during the Civil War, allowing access to the inland areas of Florida's east coast. There was never an actual fort on Yellow Bluff, but ...

St. Johns Bluff

In early September 1862, Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Finegan ordered the construction of an artillery battery at St. Johns Bluff, downriver from Jacksonville. The Federals quickly learned of the Confederate presence and their gunboats engaged in several artillery duels with ...

Middleburg

In October 1864, a small Union force of 55 men of the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry conducted a raid on Middleburg from their strongpoint at Magnolia near Green Cove Springs. The raiders

burned warehouses and other buildings, and looted the remaining houses ...